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“If you haven’t got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.” – Bob Hope
“Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.” – Carol Burnett
“A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.” – Joyce Brothers
Summer is just getting started in July – and July is always hot. That’s why ice cream was invented.  In 1984, Ronald Regan declared July national ice cream month. So, here’s a fun poll for you:
I’ll post the answer in my August Romance/Love Newsletter.
I was going to have a Christmas in July in Newsletter, and who doesn’t love Christmas? It’s full of good vibes, positivity, and it’s an uplifting season. July is so hot, it can get you a down a little bit. The heat just sucks the life out of you, but a little Christmas brings back the happy. As I was doing my research, I was taken in another direction – Romantic themes born out of the romantism movement. So, if you have a Christmas in July story you’d like to share, please let me know and I’ll share it in my August Romance/Love Newsletter. Until then, let’s explore some themes.
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Romantism was a movement that started roughly in the late 18th century, with the period peaking between 1800-1850. It was an artistic, musical, literary, and intellectual movement.
To understand the movement, let’s define romance or being romantic: expressing love that’s intentional, unmistakable, and deeply affectionate. That’s the starting point for the artists in this time period.
There were four basic themes these artists explored:
1. Love of nature. A love of nature was nurtured in these artists expressions. Nature brought one back to basics. As the industrial revolution was exploding, a love of nature brought one back to humble roots.
2. Exploring Emotion. Emotions were stifled previously, not to be explored, but during this period artists explored it all from affection to sorrow, to a deep longing for whatever it was the subject craved.
3. Individualism. There was a desire to find one’s achievements and strengths in themselves, not to be given it, but to earn their own fortunes.
4. The power of the imagination and ideas. There was a desire to be unique and individual onto oneself; to be original in ones’ ideas and imagination and explore that to see where your ideas would take you.
While the movement is over, these themes still resonate in modern romantic reflections. We enjoy a romance novel that explores emotion. Many novels incorporate a love of nature as a way for couples to bond. Readers appreciate the individual characteristics of the hero and heroine. Stories that explore where the hero’s or heroine’s imagination take them are also appealing, for example, “Romancing the Stone.”
Think about the most recent romance story you read and try to find one of the themes mentioned above. You’ll be surprised how durable these themes are in romantic writing.
Question for you: What was the last romance novel you read? What inspired you to pick it up and read it?
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Feedback from my last Romance/Love Newsletter dated 16 June 2021:
Turkey DrumStik 
There is a similar flower language in Japanese (hanakatiba), and there are plenty of flowers that symbolize the many facets of love. Hanakatoba ia fun for playing around with poetry, to boot.
I would love to explore this one day!
Monty 
Flowers are associated with love and romance to a large degree and at times are the main part of a Poem.
Very true!
Lilli 🧿 ☕ 
My favorite flower is the gardenia. Its aroma is hypnotic and the gardenia symbolizes trust, clarity, hope, and renewal. It can also convey the message of dreams, intuition, self-reflection, and protection.
I’ve always loved how a Gardenia smells! I am going to try to work with it in my writing.
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